Workshop in Granadero Baigorria

Culturally Aware in ELT lessons by Prof. Silvia A. Schnitzler

On Sat. July 12 th from 10:00 to 13:00
We enjoyed this demonstration in which we learned how to tackle the integration of the cultural component in ELT lessons from two angles:
Ø Project Work: PROYECT your WORK to your Community
Ø Music and Songs: Breaking Barriers: Singing beyond Borders
P W: She demonstrated the steps that have been accomplished so far in the programme she has been developing with her students in the area of Hotel Management. The cultural component is very strong as the educational intention is to ‘use’ the foreign language within as well as beyond the frontiers of our country. Values, such as respect and tolerance, are enhanced. This project aimed at fostering students’ growth not only from a practical point of view- progress in their knowledge of the English language- but from an experiential standpoint- development as a committed citizen of Argentina and of the World.

M & S: Following the format of the workshop Silvia has been delivering during the past years entitled “More than just singing”, she focused on the songs which carry a strong cross-cultural component. The participants were asked to put themselves into their students’ shoes. By doing the activities first, we were able to anticipate problem areas and find a way out prior to the implementation of the activities in the classroom.

Speaker’s Biodata:
Teacher of English (I.E.S. “Olga Cossettini”, Rosario); post-graduate degree (U.N.R.). Lecturer in Phonology I (I.E.S.). Teacher of E.S.P. and business courses. Marketing assistant graduate (Instituto de Ciencias Comerciales). E.L.T consultant, workshops and events coordinator at SBS Librería Internacional. Presenter of New Techs in language teaching.

It was a fantastic meeting in which all the participants learned a lot and shared our experiences. THANK you all for attending this wonderful workshop.

Lic Fabiana Taramelli

Directora de CELL "Centre of Language Learning"

KEA - Conversation Classes

After a class on "How to be healthy" these are the conclusions of the members of KEA Group

"Five ways to good health"

Healthy diet- If you want to have a good health try to avoid eating junk food and sodas. Eat more vegetables, fruit and milk. Don't forget eating more fish and chicken.
Eating in a quiet atmosphere- You should eat, at home or at work, without having a row or watching TV, specially the news. It could affect your digestion.
Do some exercise- If you can't go to a gym, try to go for a walk or ride a bicycle at list twice a week.
Relax and rest your mind- It's very important for your health having enough time to relax because stress can affect not only your mind but also your body.
Visit a doctor - You should visit a doctor at list once a year and never take medicines on your own.

Special Projects "Comparing Cultures"

Our project consists of typical traditions of the UK and Argentina.
The topics are: education,sport,tradicional food, among others like location and government.
UK(GREAT BRITAIN)Location: it is an island country located off the north wester coast of Mailand Europe.The UK is sorrounded by the atlantic ocean.The north sea, the english channel and the irish sea.The UK is a union of four constituent countries: England, Northen Ireland, Scotland ans Wales.
Government: the Uk is governmed by a Parlamentary System with it's seat of government in London, the capital.
Education: Brithish children are required by law to have an education until they are 16 years old. It's compulsory, but school isn't,children aren't required to attend school. They could be educated at home.
Nursey school: 3-4 years old.
Primary school: 5-11 years old.
Secondary school: 12-18 years old.
At the age of 16, students in England take an examination called the G.C.S.E (General Certificate of Secondary edutacion).
School holidays:*Christmas: 2 weeks.*Spring: 2 weeks.*Summer: 6 weeks.
Sport: many of word's famous sports began in Britain, including cricket, football, lawn tennis, golf and rugby.
Tradicional food:generaly the British.Breakfast consists of toast and mermalade with tea or coffee.The packed lunch is the most common thing to eat in Britian. It has some sandwiches, a packet of crips and something to drink for example: coca-cola.The most tipycal thing to eat for dinner is meat and two veg.

ARGENTINA
Location: it is in south America Continent. The limiting countries are: Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile.
Government: (system) the gorvernment of Argentina fuctions with in framework of a federation presidential representative democratic Republic.
Education: the education in Argentina is compulsory and attending school is neccessary.The school system is divided into primary and secondary.
Tradicional food: For breakfast we drink coffee or tea with milk and sugar .A traditional drink of Argentina is an infusion called mate.Argentines are famous for their high protein diet, particulary beef and the barbecue. A sweet paste: dulce de leche is another national obsession.


Members :* Alejandra Reyes * Rocio Selaya
* Cintia Secco * Micaela Yaccuzzi

Clase Especial 5th Adol

En el dia de ayer los alumnos de 5to Adol compartieron una clase especial con los alumnos de First Certificate, en la cual trataron tres temas elegidos por ellos para exponer y compartir con sus compañeros. La experiencia resultó sumamente enriquecedora para ambos gupos . FELICITACIONES!! a todos "I'm very proud of you ALL!!"

More compositions!!!

Miley Cyrus was born in the U.S.A in 1992. She is very good-looking. She is tall and has got green eyes. She has got long brown hair but when she is Hannah Montana her hair s blond.She likes trendy chothes . For example: jeans, T.shirts, sandals and many rings. She is actress and singer.Miley is the most successful pop singer in the U.S.A.. She sings in english. She has got two albums, their names are: HANNAH MONTANA OST AND HANNAH MONTANA 2: MEET MILEY CYRUS. And She plays the guitar from twelve years old..She was the protagonist of film"THE BIG FISH" and RUTHIE.Miley is an outgoing person. She is also very hard.working and travels sometimes. She hasn't got a boyfriend.

By micaela yaccuzzi (mica_yaccuzzi_9@hotmail.com)

OUR STUDENTS LIKE WRITING!!

LISA SIMPSON!
Her name is Lisa Simpson. she is 8 years old. She lives in Sprinfield with her family. In her small house she lives with her father:Homero, her mother:March,her sister:Maggie and her brother:Bart( she hates him. however she lives with him).

She is very intelligent but she is very shy and unfriendly. Her personality is very strong but her life is very abnormal, because she is VEGETARIAN and she is opposite to people from Sprinfield.

Her life is very short. However, her face is very famous. She started her famous life in LOS SIMPSON.

However , in the future, she would to be a scientist!
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Yasmin Gonzalez







I'm Erica Fabbro. I live in Granadero Baigorria. I'm a tall and thin teenager. I've got a small nose and mouth. My eyes are small and brown. I'm friendly,a good person, helful but I'm easy to get angry. I'm outgoing and sometimes lazy.
My family is big because I've got two sisters, twelve cousins, a lot of aunts and uncles, four grandparents and two great-grandmothers.
I go to Nuestra Señora de los Milagros and I go to an English Institute. At school, I've got a lot companions but some friends. However, in the English Institute, is diferent because I feel that all my companions are my friends.
My ambition is to be a translator and a travel agent. I wanna have a big house, in a beautiful place.

ericafabbro12@hotmail.com
4th ADOL

Camila Giangiacomo
caamy.3@hotmail.com
4th ADOL

I am a hard working person because I am very responsible in my activities and I am also friendly because I like meeting new friends. I am slim. I have got dark hair and brown eyes. I am medium height. I live in Granadero Bigorria a small town, with my family: my mother Stella, my father Eduardo, my sister Samanta, my brother Leonel and I have got two dogs, they are called: Rocco and Luka. I go to "San Francisco de Asís" school in Rosario, from half past seven a.m to quarter to one p.m. There, I have got a lot of friends and I like going to school with them. In the future, I want to have a family with two children, a boy and a girl and I would like to have a big house.

4th Adol writes about "HOLIDAYS"

HOLIDAYS
In this holidays I went to Cordoba with my parents and my sister. Well, Cordoba is fantastic, because the landscape is beatiful but it is boring, because there are some mountains.

In Cordoba walked every day and I went to the shopping center with my mother and my sister. Also, we went to the swimming pool because the weather was ok!

This summer, I also went to the club and met my friends, too. In my free time, I listened to music and watched tv. Also, I got up very late.

Yasmin Gonzalez.
4 adol.
shas.rc@hotmail.com


From: Camila Giangiacomo
E-mail: caamy.3@hotmail.com
City: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina

My last holidays

During my last holidays, I met my friends and we went to the club every day from three o´clock to half past eight. In the evening we played volleyball in the beach or football with the boys. When the weather wasn´t good, my friends and I met in the shopping centre or we went to the cinema to see a film. In February I went to Mar del Plata with my parents for ten days. I stayed in a big hotel with a lot of rooms and there was a big playroom. There, I met new friends from different cities. The weather was fantastic! It was very hot and there weren´t any cloudy or rainy days. We went to the beach very early in the morning and we were there all day. At night, we ate a lot of different dishes. Then, we visited interesting places. My holidays were fantastic! I miss them a lot.

from: Eliana Tkaczuk (4º adol)
E-mail:elianatkaczuk@hotmail.com
city: Granadero Baigorria, Argentina.

The Holidays' Deams.
I would like to go to Miami in USA. Because It's got the best beaches to sunbathe and the best restaurants. I would like to go to the museams and take photos.
I would like to meet people from different countries. I would like to buy a lot of souvenirs for my family from Miami. I would like to visit different places where my family and I can walk. Because we love it. I would like to come back to Argentina by plane because I'd like to see every city from the sky.

from:Cintia secco and Alejandra Reyes
E-mail: cintiasecco_14@hotmail.com
city: Granadero Baigorria

The holidays of our dreams, we would go to the best hotel of Miami in front of the beach. The weather would be sunny but it wouldn`t be hot!.In the morning we wouldn`t get up very early because we like doing a lot of activities. We would visit diferent places for example a casino, a shopping center, museums, a restaurant, and we would walk to the city center.In the afternoon, we would drive car and we would go surfing.At night, we would go to the disco. Alejandra Reyes y Cintia Secco

ABRIL en el CELL

Ya trabajando a full con nuestros cursos de Ingles para niños y adolescentes, nos encontramos ahora trabajando para comenzar en el mes de abril con los cursos cuatrimestrales para adultos en los niveles 1 y 3. También en el mes de abril comenzaremos a brindar cursos de conversación en inglés para todos aquellos alumnos que deseen mantener su nivel en inglés. Pero como no queremos dejar de sorprenderlos también en el mes de abril daremos comienzo a nuestro primer curso de ITALIANO.
Para mayores informes sobre la variada oferta que tenemos, por favor no duden en acercarse a nuestra casa sita en Lisandro de la Torre 163 - Granadero Baigorria - o bien telefónicamente al 4716717 (que afortunadamente ya funciona).
Es siempre un gusto seguir trabajando para brindarles lo mejor. Hasta pronto

Lic Fabiana Taramelli & Staff

2008 AÑO INTERNACIONAL de los IDIOMAS

Asamblea General proclama el 2008 Año Internacional de los idiomas

17 de mayo, 2007 La Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas proclamó el 2008 Año Internacional de los Idiomas para fomentar el multilingüismo, la unidad y la comprensión internacional.
La resolución sobre fue presentada por el embajador francés, Jean Marc de la Sablière:“En términos lingüisticos y culturales, el multilingüismo equivale al multilateralismo”, dijo de la Sablière.El documento, adoptado por consenso, destacó asimismo la necesidad de que a los seis idiomas oficiales de la ONU– árabe, chino, español, francés, inglés, ruso y chino - se les acorde la misma importancia.Por otra parte, solicita al Secretario General que nombre a un coordinador de las cuestiones relativas al multilingüismo.

Fechas y Horarios

Les informamos que estamos atendiendo de Lunes a Viernes de 9 a 12hs y de 18 a 21hs para incripciones e informes. Los exámenes de ingreso y/o nivelación se llevarán a cabo el Martes 4/3 a las 18hs (escritos) y Miércoles 5/3 y Jueves 6/3 (orales) en horarios a confirmar.
Los horarios de cursado para el ciclo lectivo 2008 ya están casi en su totalidad por lo tanto pueden acercase al instituto para agendarlos!!
Aprovechamos además para informarles que lamentablemente no está funcionando nuestra línea telefónica del 4716717 por lo cual le rogamos se comuniquen con un mensaje al 155 888 875 y nosotros nos contactaremos con Uds a la brevedad.
Gracias por su atención y gracias a los mas de 50 alumnos que ya confiaron en nuestro servicio y se encuentran inscriptos para comenzar sus clases el 10 de Marzo.

Lic Fabiana Taramelli & Staff

MI SUEÑO YA ES REALIDAD

"Persevera en aquellas cosas que realmente desees conseguir, porque si es así lo conseguirás."

A partir del Lunes 18/02/08 abrimos las puertas de nuestra casa en Avenida Lisandro de la Torre 163. Alli estaremos esperándolos para mostrarles nuestras instalaciones y comentarles nuestros planes, que sólo podrán concretarse con la colaboración de todos Uds.

LOS ESPERAMOS

Lic Fabiana Taramelli & Staff

British New Year

New Year Traditions
In Britain the custom of first footing is practiced. The first male visitor to the house after midnight is usually supposed to bring good luck. Usually they bring a gift like money, bread, or coal, which is done to ensure the family, will have plenty of these things all the year to come. The first person must not be blond, red-haired or women as these people are supposedly bad luck.

The Druids gave a gift of twigs from the mistletoe, as this was a plant that was sacred to them as a magic source of fertility. It would bestow on the recipient a fruitful year in the number of children, as well as the amount of cattle and the amount of crop.

CHAT ABBREVIATIONS!!

Abbreviations are short forms of words or phrases. Abbreviations are often used in chat rooms because they are easy to type and they save time. Here are some common abbreviations. They are shown here in capitals (for example: AFK), but they can also be in small letters (for example: afk).
121 One-to-one
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also known as
ASAP As soon as possible
A/S/L Age/sex/location
B4 Before
BBL Be back later
BRB Be right back
BTW By the way
CUZ Because
FAQ Frequently asked questions
FYI For your information
IDK I don't know
J/K Just kidding
K OK
L8R Later
LOL Laugh out loud
M/F Male or female
MSG Message
OIC Oh, I see
P2P Person-to-person
PLZ Please
PM Private message
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SYL See you later
TGIF Thank goodness it's Friday
THX Thanks
TTYL Talk to you later

Para mi gente que aún no ha decidido tomar un curso de INGLES!!

Halloween - De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Halloween o Noche de las Brujas es una fiesta proveniente de la cultura celta que se celebra en la noche del día 31 de octubre. Los niños se disfrazan para la ocasión y pasean por las calles pidiendo dulces de puerta en puerta. Después de llamar a la puerta los niños pronuncian la frase "Truco o trato” o "dulce o travesura" y "Dulce o truco". Si los adultos les dan caramelos, dinero o cualquier otro tipo de recompensa, se interpreta que han aceptado el trato. Si por el contrario se niegan, los chicos les gastarán una pequeña broma, siendo la más común arrojar huevos o espuma de afeitar contra la puerta. Halloween es una derivación de la expresión inglesa All Hallow's Eve (Víspera del Día de los Santos). Se celebraba en los países anglosajones, principalmente en Canadá, Estados Unidos, Irlanda y el Reino Unido. Pero actualmente se celebra en casi todos los países occidentales con mayor o menor presencia.
Sus orígenes se remontan a los celtas[1] , y la fiesta fue exportada a los Estados Unidos por emigrantes europeos en el siglo XIX, más o menos hacia 1846. La fuerza expansiva de la cultura de EE.UU. ha hecho que Halloween se haya popularizado también en otros países. El día de Halloween, en tiempos modernos se considera una fiesta estadounidense.
La historia del Halloween se remonta a hace más de 2.500 años, cuando el año celta terminaba al final del verano, el preciso día 31 de octubre de nuestro calendario. El ganado era llevado de los prados a los establos para el invierno. Ese último día, se suponía que los espíritus podían salir de los cementerios y apoderarse de los cuerpos de los vivos para resucitar. Para evitarlo, los poblados celtas ensuciaban las casas y las "decoraban" con huesos, calaveras y demás cosas desagradables, de forma que los muertos pasaran de largo asustados. De ahí viene la tradición de decorar con motivos siniestros las casas en la actual víspera de todos los santos y también los disfraces. Es así pues una fiesta asociada a la venida de los dioses paganos a la vida.
Halloween es una fiesta basada en el miedo, la muerte, los muertos vivientes, la magia negra y los monstruos místicos. Los "personajes" que se suelen asociar a Halloween incluyen a los fantasmas, las brujas, los gatos negros, los trasgos, los banshees, los zombis y los demonios, así como ciertas figuras literarias como Drácula y el monstruo de Frankenstein.
Los celtas solían disfrazarse con pieles de animales el 31 de octubre y así no ser descubiertos por los espíritus que, según ellos, esa noche recobraban vida. De ahí la costumbre actual de disfrazarse ese día. Los colores tradicionales de Halloween son el negro de la noche y el naranja de las primeras luces del día. Los símbolos de Halloween también incluyen elementos otoñales como las calabazas y los espantapájaros. La celebración del día de Halloween ha sido integrada en otras culturas no anglosajonas, casi desplazando los ancestrales ritos del Día de Muertos.

OCTOBER Halloween Month

Halloween Origin
How did it start?
It all began in what is now France and the British Isles. It was started by the Celtic people long ago....
The Celtic people feared the night of October 31. It was the night of their festival of Samhain, Lord of the Dead. The Celtics feared Samhain and in order to please him, the Druids (Celtic priests) held cruel fire rites in his honor. They made huge bonfires every year at this time. The bonfires were usually made of oak and considered sacred.
At this festival, the Druids made sacrifices to the gods. They burned criminals, prisoners, and animals alive. By observing the victims die, the Druids saw omens of the future, both good and bad. The powers to make predictions of the future were thought to be strongest on this night. Why? It was because the Druids believed that the spirits were allowed to roam free on this night of the year. The Druids believed the spirits were powerful and wild on this night, and if they were treated right, they would help with predictions of the future. However, if the spirits were ignored, they would punish the Celtic community.
The Druids believed that, above powerful and wild, some spirits were evil. This is why the Celtic people wore costumes during the Samhain festival. The purpose of the costumes was to frighten the spirits. Plus, this way, the spirits wouldn't be able to recognize them.(This is the origin of costumes.)
To please the spirits, the Celtic people left food outside their houses on Halloween. If any hungry spirits came by, they could take the food and leave the Celtics in peace.(This is the origin of 'trick or treat'ing.)